Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-07-27
OUT ON DRESS PARADE.


Great Crowds at the Royal Naval Review
at ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Line of War
Vessels.
PORTSMOUTH, July %. = Portsmouth
and South Sea have thronged for days
past in anticipation of the jubilee naval
review, fixed for this afternoon at Spit
head. The crowds have been immense
ly augmented this morning by the arrival
of innumerable visitors from all
parts of the country who came by
special trains from London and
other centers. The good positions for
observing the display are all well occu-
pied. The weather could not be more
favorable. There is bright sunshine,
and light breeze is blowing Every
body is in holiday attire and gay dresses
and splendid uniforms give the crowded
thoroughfares brilliant appearance.
At 10 o'clock the two Devonshire tugs
blocked the west entrance to the lines
to all but ships of war, and the Manly
and the Malta, at o'clock. went on
duty, keeping the eastern entrance
to the lines clear, the four
tugs being under the orders of
the master of the feet. The trOopships
and other vessels conveying visitors were
before 2 o'clock, after which they took
up the positions assigned them. The
small vessels appropriated to visitors
anchored at 2o'clockabreast the torpedo
f1otilla. The private crafts carrying sight
seers must have numbered several hun
dred. They represented the pleasure
boats ofall nations and chimes and darted
about like birds of different piumage,
lmparting unparalleled beauty to scene
otherwise precedented.
The whole scene surveyed just before
z o'clock, when the naval vessels were
all in place, their decorations full flung
and their crew in holiday port, the pri-
vate craft hurrying to good places, and
the multitudes ashore packing them
selves to best see the event OF the day,
was glorious in the extreme. Probably
no such fleet was ever seen before in
time of peace. Every class
of the British navy was repre-
scented. the review of the Crimean
feet by the Queen and the Prince Con-
sort thirty-one years ago would suffer
by comparison. The stout, wooden
ships which figured in that review, were
decked bravely out to-day for the
occasion. Nelson's old ship, the Victory,
old timbers echoed again and again as
BOAT after boat passed her. the full COM
plement cheering vociferously; more
than that, the old ship mounted a gun
or two and joined in the universal salute
to the Queen.
Shortly after o'clock, when order was
perceptible on the water, the Euphrates,
the Crocodile and the Malabar proceeded
to the westward of Osborne, and stood
in readiness to escort the royal yachts
when the Queen embarked at 3 o'clock
to review the feet. The Queen left Os-
borne few minutes before
Is and went on board the
royal yacht, Victoria and Albert Her
Majesty left the buoy in Osborne Bay
promptly at o'clock. She was preced-
ed by the Trinity yacht and was follow
ed by the royal yachts Osborne and AL
berta and the ships Enchantress, He'll
con, Euphrates, Crocodile and Malabar.
straight to its destination and
passed between the lines, leaving
the coast defense ships, gunboats and
torpedo boats on the port hand. After
proceeding as far as Horse Elbow buoy
the Victoria and Alberta turned to star
board and passed between the two col
umns of large ships forming A, and G.
squadrons, and then between the lines of
foreign ships of war. AS Her Majesty
passed through the lines of these endless
war ships, each yard being manned by
brawny tars, deafening cheeraiter cheer
was sent up from the lusty crews to
greet their sovereign, but it was not I'M
til the Queen had gone through
the double lines that the
great cannon of the big ships
began to thunder forth the royal salute
with aroar that caused the great vessels
to roll and the sea to increase its heav-
ing, as shot after shot came booming over
the water. On such vessels as had no
masts the turrets, breastWorks and decks
were lined with jack tars, and the
Queen had no reason to complain
Of her reception, either on her prog
ress down the line Or on her return
to Osborne which was safely reached
before 6 o'clock. Taken altogether the
vessels which were drawn up in line
when the Queen passed extended over
miles and even this length was added to
by the great troopships, laden with
spectators, also falling into line and
saluting the Queen as she made her